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L. H. TAYLOR.

EGG, FRUIT, AND HONEY CARRIER.

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EGG, FRUIT, AND HONEY CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,530, dated November25, 1884.

Application filed August 28. 1884. (No model.)

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Limestone, in the countyof Aroostook and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Egg, Fruit, and Honey Garriers; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for carrying and supporting eggs, fruit,honey, and other articles which it is not desired to jolt or jar intransit.

It consists, broadly, in supports adapted to receive the trays or otherreceptacles containing the articles, and held on and between springs,whereby they have a gentle yielding play vertically up or down.

It consists, further, in certain details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described and claimed. 7

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my carrier. Fig. 2 isa detail view of the bracket or support.

In carrying out my invention I employ the corner-posts A A A A connectedat their lower ends by the side bars,B B, and the end bars, B B",forming a base-frame. The two posts A A and A A are connected near theirupper ends by bars 0 O, which are extended to form the handles 0 C. Theposts A A" and A A are connected at their tops by bars D D. Uprights E Eare extended vertically between the base end bars, B B", and bars D Dmidway the ends of the said bars. The lid F is hinged at F F on one sideto the posts A A, and is provided on its opposite side withspring-clasps F which engage under the bars I) D and hold the coverdown, as will be understood. By drawing these clasps out the cover maybe tilted back 011 its hinges to permit access to the brackets or to thetrays supported thereon.

It will be manifest that by dispensing with the side ,braces, presentlydescribed, the desired access to the trays could be had from the sidesof the frame, and the cover be so cured immovably in place, though Iprefer the construction as shown and before described.

The cover, it will be seen, has on its under side two transverse beamsor sills, F F, which rest close to the inner sides of the bars D D. Thecover is also extended longitudinally beyond the framing, and isprovided on itsupper edge with end cleats, F F between which may berested the end basebars, B B, of the next upper carrier when anumber ofthe carriers are packed together, as will be understood.

The supports G G, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2, are formed with theupright G, provided at its upper and lower ends with sleeves g g, whichencircle and slide on the upright E, and with the bracket or shelfportion G supported on and projected horizontally from G. This brackethas its ends G turned upward, and clamping-screws g turned through saidupturned portions and inward, as shown. These clamping-screws serve tosecure the trays or receptacles to the brackets. Springs H are placed onuprights E E and bear between the sleeves g g of the tray-supports. Astud or pin, H, is projected from each upright between the middle coilsof the spring H, and divide same into two approximately equal portions.Two springs may be employed, where desired; but I prefer to use a singlespring and to make same fast at its upper end to the upper sleeve, 9, aswill be understood. The bracket portions of the two supports projectinward toward each other, and to prevent them from rotating on theupright E, I connect the diagonally-opposite ends of the two brackets bybrace wires or rods I I, crossing each other centrally, and by braces II, connecting the outer ends of the brackets. I prefer to similarlybrace the base of thecarrier-frame by diagonal wires J J, its ends bywires K K, and its sides by wires L L, all of which are shown in Fig. 1.By this construction shown it will be seen the trays, when adjusted intoposition and secured on the brackets, have a spring or yielding supportabove -and below, and that all jars and jolts are taken by such springs,and the damaging influence thercof to the eggs, fruit, or honey, &c., isovercome or greatlyreduced, as will be appreciated.

It is obvious that the form of devices for clamping the trays in thebrackets may be modified or changed without departing from the broadprinciples of my invention.

It will be noticed that the connections between the various bars of myframing is supplementedv and strengthened by the use of iron plates orclips, thus rendering the device capable of withstanding the roughhandling experienced in shipping by rail, steamboat, &c. It will be alsounderstood that the spring, insteadof being arranged between the sleevesof the support, as is preferred, may be arranged above and below thesupport, so that it may yield in both an upward and downward direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. A carrier, substantially as described, having end uprights,tray-supports held and movable vertically on the uprights, and springsarranged on said uprights and engaging said supports, substantially inthe manner and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the framing having end uprights provided withsprings and lateral pins dividing said springs into upper and lowersections, of the tray-supports having sleeves encircling said uprightsabove and below the springs, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the uprights, the.

tray-supports sleeved-thereon, the springs arranged on the uprights andengaging the traysupports, and the brace-rods connecting thediagonally-opposite ends of the brackets of the tray-supports,substantially as set forth.

4. In a carrier having tray-supports, the cover herein described,extended longitudinally beyond the framing and provided on its upperside at its outer end edges with transverse cleats adapted to extendalongside the ends of the base of the next upper carrier in packingsame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAWRENCE H. TAYLOR. \Vitnesses:

WALLAon I. Gnrcnnnr, DENNIS GETOHELL.

